2000 Ballon d'Or

2000 Ballon d'Or
2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo in 2006
Date	19 December 2000
Presented by	France Football
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 2000 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.^[1]

Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).^[2]

Rankings

Figo's Ballon d'Or

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Luís Figo	Barcelona Real Madrid	Portugal	197
2	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	France	181
3	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	Ukraine	85
4	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	France	57
5	Alessandro Nesta	Lazio	Italy	39
6	Rivaldo	Barcelona	Brazil	39
7	Gabriel Batistuta	Roma	Argentina	26
8	Gaizka Mendieta	Valencia	Spain	22
9	Raúl	Real Madrid	Spain	18
10	Paolo Maldini	Milan	Italy	10
	David Beckham	Manchester United	England	10
12	Zlatko Zahovič	Olympiacos Valencia	Slovenia	8
	Fabien Barthez	Manchester United	France	8
14	Francesco Toldo	Fiorentina	Italy	7
	Francesco Totti	Roma	Italy	7
	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid	Brazil	7
17	Patrick Kluivert	Barcelona	Netherlands	6
18	Edgar Davids	Juventus	Netherlands	5
	Hakan Şükür	Internazionale	Turkey	5
	Mário Jardel	Galatasaray	Brazil	5
	Fernando Redondo	Real Madrid Milan	Argentina	5
22	Pavel Nedvěd	Lazio	Czech Republic	4
	David Trezeguet	Juventus	France	4
24	Marcel Desailly	Chelsea	France	2
	Oliver Kahn	Bayern Munich	Germany	2
	Rui Costa	Fiorentina	Portugal	2
27	Laurent Blanc	Internazionale	France	1
	Claudio López	Valencia Lazio	Argentina	1
	Roy Keane	Manchester United	Republic of Ireland	1
	Juan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	Argentina	1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Brazil and Lyon), Nicolas Anelka (France, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain), Jocelyn Angloma (France and Valencia), Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands and Arsenal), Hernán Crespo (Argentina, Parma and Lazio), Didier Deschamps (France, Chelsea and Valencia), Marcelo Gallardo (Argentina and Monaco), Geremi (Cameroon and Real Madrid), Ryan Giggs (Wales and Manchester United), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy and Juventus), Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon, Cagliari and Parma), Savo Milošević (Serbia and Montenegro, Zaragoza and Parma), Nuno Gomes (Portugal, Benfica and Fiorentina), Álvaro Recoba (Uruguay and Internazionale), Paul Scholes (England and Manchester United), Marco Simone (Italy and Monaco), Jaap Stam (Netherlands and Manchester United), Sylvain Wiltord (France, Bordeaux and Arsenal) and Boudewijn Zenden (Netherlands and Barcelona).

References

1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2000". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
2. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page